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The Souq lies in the north of Manama, in-between the old parts of the city and the Central Business District, to the east of Noaim and west of Ras Rumman.The main entrance is the historic Bab Al Bahrain building.
The website was founded in 2005 [7] [8] by Ronaldo Mouchawar and was originally a consumer-to-consumer auction site part of Maktoob Group. [9] In 2010, Wisam (Sam) Daoud joined Souq from eBay as Chief Technology Officer and led the transformation of the business from auctions to a fixed price catalog based business similar to Amazon.com. [10]
The Kingdom of Bahrain is divided into four governorates: the Capital, Northern, Southern and Muharraq.The Central Governorate was abolished in September 2014. [1]Each governorate is governed by a governor, appointed by the prime minister, and has its own municipality council, with separate elections for them.
Bahrain's imports from Israel will not be subject to distinctions between products made within Israel and those from settlements in occupied territory, the Bahraini trade minister said on Thursday ...
Muharraq (Arabic: المحرق, romanized: al-Muḥarraq) is Bahrain's third most populous city (after the capital Manama and Riffa) and served as its capital until 1932 when it was replaced by Manama. [2] [3] The population of Muharraq in 2020 was 263,373. The city is located on Muharraq Island.
West Riffa is predominantly a residential area. Most of the ruling family, ministers and business investors live in West Riffa. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain lives there, as well as the prime minister, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. Riffa's famous clock tower is located in the centre of West Riffa.
The Saudi–led intervention in Bahrain, which used the causeway to cross over into Bahrain with 150 vehicles, began on 14 March 2011 to assist the Bahraini government in suppressing an anti-government uprising in the country. The intervention came three weeks after the U.S. pressured Bahrain to withdraw its military forces from the streets. [8]
The first local newspaper in Bahrain was Al Bahrayn which was published between 1939 and 1944. [1] Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority reported that the number of newspapers in 1999 was four which were published in Arabic and English languages. [2] There were a total of 12 dailies and weeklies in the country in 2012. [2]